They've had close to two years already. I was hoping to get another car in there to challenge the Toyotas.
They committed over two years ago but didn’t decide between LMH or LMDh until September 2020 and didn’t unveil their design until last July. First shakedown was two months ago. For building their own hybrid, wildly exotic car design, had to build a team up from scratch it’s an extremely involved process. Porsche are going to have a full calendar year of testing done before Daytona 2023 and they didn’t even have to build their own chassis.
It would have been better to have one class. They have already proven balancing different technologies is impossible.
If only the Rebellion thing has worked out.
They already had the motor too. Reportedly it's coming from the Cyanne.
I was hoping we would get a good prototype field for Lemans. Now I'll just hope for a P2 car to win. Toyota has had enough open goals.
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Got to do what they have to so to ensure the car is 100% ready to go.With the Le Mans entry list coming out on Monday Peugeot confirmed they won’t be on the grid for Spa or the 24.
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Good news is their WEC service provider found another customer to run at Sebring with the drivers who were going to be alongside Kvyat, and they’re expected to be able to compete on a race-by-race basis throughout the season.
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Net positive if they actually wind up doing F1 though. The Audi was going to be a Porsche with different bodywork so it’s not so much of a loss for sports cars. If it were someone else with a unique car I’d be more upset about it.
For sure, the VW Group has been mulling over F1 for damn near a decade since the release of the Hybrid platform.
It's not a net positive for sportscar though. This is why when it comes to entries, I never believe it until I see it.
The part that especially hurts is the Audi was going to be a customer program too. Hopefully Porsche can take up the slack and keep everyone supplied.
Losing any cars from the top class is catastrophic right now.
I don't think customers will be a problem for the LMDh teams. Also, teams like Glickenhaus were offering a full-time car and parts for 5 million. The opportunties are there, just someone has to be willing to shell out the money. Also, its dependent upon how competitive the car is out of the box.
F1 engine supplier > rebodied Porsche, imo. Porsche will have a large customer program too, same with Lambo if they pull the trigger. Sounds like if Lamborghini enter they’ll actually do it on a different chassis platform which would be better anyways.
Glad Maria Lopez is okay after that.
